"with Bobby Pickett, composer of the hit novelty song, ""Monster Mash."" The musicals were ""I'm Sorry the Bridge Is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night"" and its sequel, ""Frankenstein Unbound (Another Monster Musical)"", the former of which was made into the 1995 film, ""Monster Mash"". On January 22, 2002, Allman died of heart failure at his home in Culver City, California, at the age of 77. He was survived by his wife of 35 years, Lorraine Allman and his daughter, Anne Allman Huddleston. His interment is located in Culver City's Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery. Sheldon Allman Sheldon Allman (June"
"Monster Mash ""Monster Mash"" is a 1962 novelty song and the best-known song by Bobby ""Boris"" Pickett. The song was released as a single on Gary S. Paxton's Garpax Records label in August 1962 along with a full-length LP called ""The Original Monster Mash"", which contained several other monster-themed tunes. The ""Monster Mash"" single was #1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart on October 20–27 of that year, just before Halloween. It has been a perennial holiday favorite ever since. Pickett was an aspiring actor who sang with a band called the Cordials at night while going to auditions during"
"side A and the live version on side B and consisted of 1,000 copies on glow-in-the-dark vinyl, available exclusively by mail order through the band's website. The single sold out and is no longer in print. Monster Mash ""Monster Mash"" is a 1962 novelty song and the best-known song by Bobby ""Boris"" Pickett. The song was released as a single on Gary S. Paxton's Garpax Records label in August 1962 along with a full-length LP called ""The Original Monster Mash"", which contained several other monster-themed tunes. The ""Monster Mash"" single was #1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart on October"
"George W. Bush's environmental policies. The ""Transylvania Twist,"" mentioned in the lyrics of ""Monster Mash,"" was written into a full song for the film ""Spookley the Square Pumpkin"" (which Pickett narrated) and performed by The Honeydoos, a Pointer Sisters-like girl group of singing melons. The backing singers for the record were The Blossoms, led by Darlene Love. ""Monster Mash"" became a pop music standard, and many cover versions have been recorded over the years. Horror punk band the Misfits recorded a cover version of ""Monster Mash"" in 1997 as part of a promotion surrounding a DVD release of the 1967"
"Eaters'. Pickett served in the United States Army from March 9, 1956 to March 13, 1959 and was stationed in Korea for an unknown period of time. Pickett co-wrote ""Monster Mash"" with Leonard Capizzi in May 1962. The song was a spoof on the dance crazes popular at the time, including the Twist and the Mashed Potato, which inspired the title. The song featured Pickett's impersonations of veteran horror stars Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi (the latter with the line ""Whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist?""). It was passed on by every major record label, but after hearing the song,"
"was penned by the renowned novelty song composer Paul Harrison. In 1985, with American culture experiencing a growing awareness of rap music, Pickett released ""Monster Rap"", which describes the mad scientist's frustration at being unable to teach the dancing monster from ""Monster Mash"" how to talk. The problem is solved when he teaches the monster to rap. A movie musical based on the song starring Pickett was released in 1995. During the 2004 presidential election, Pickett turned the song into a campaign video and retitled it ""Monster Slash,"" with lyrics by environmental campaigner Peter Altman, in which he critiqued President"
"Monster Mash (1995 film) Monster Mash (also known as Monster Mash: The Movie and Frankenstein Sings) is a horror-themed musical film, based on the Bobby ""Boris"" Pickett song ""Monster Mash"" and the 1967 stage musical, ""I'm Sorry the Bridge is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night"", also by Pickett and Sheldon Allman. It stars Pickett himself as Dr. Frankenstein, was produced and distributed by Prism Pictures, and originally released to cinemas in November 14, 1995. A teenage couple, Mary and Scott, are on their way home from a Halloween party when car trouble prompts them to seek help at"
"either of them hit a home run. Dubbed the Monster Bash, it soon replaced the customary high five as the team's preferred post-homer celebration. The practice was mimicked by Little Leaguers, college players, and minor leaguers. It was also performed by the United States national team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in South Korea. At the Oakland Coliseum, T-shirts and banners bore ""Let's Bash"". A song and complementary music video was made to the tune of ""Monster Mash"", the 1962 hit by Bobby ""Boris"" Pickett, with almost a dozen radio stations placing the new ""Monster Bash"" on their playlists. Costacos"
"member. In 2013, the Blossoms (namely Darlene Love, Fanita James, Edna Wright, and Gloria Jones) were highlighted in the Oscar-winning documentary ""20 Feet From Stardom"", in which it was revealed that they also sang backing vocals for Bobby ""Boris"" Pickett's ""Monster Mash"", Frank Sinatra's version of ""That's Life"", and Betty Everett's ""The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"". The Blossoms The Blossoms are an American girl-group that originated from California. During their height of success in the 1960s, the group's lineup most famously consisted of Darlene Love, Fanita James, and Jean King. Although the group had a recording career"
"Monster Bobby Monster Bobby (born Robert William Barry, 1981) is an English singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the creator of and guitarist for the indie pop girl group The Pipettes. In 2001, when Monster Bobby was just Bobby Barry, he starred in ""Weirdsister College"", the spin-off series of ""The Worst Witch"", in which he played the mysterious Nick Hobbes. Prior to that he featured in the film ""New Years Day"" as Stephen, directed by Suri Krushnamma and released in 2000. Monster Bobby is most well known as being guitarist for The Cassette(s), The Pipettes' all-male backing band. He is"
"and liver disease. Beyond his early work as part of Skip & Flip, Paxton is best known for his involvement in two novelty hits: the 1960 No. 1 smash ""Alley Oop"" — written by Dallas Frazier and cut quickly with a group thrown together by Paxton's roommate Kim Fowley, The Hollywood Argyles — and a 1962 No. 1 hit inspired by the Mashed Potato dance craze, ""Monster Mash"", which Paxton produced and recorded with its author Bobby ""Boris"" Pickett and another assembled group billed as The Cryptkickers. In 1965, he produced ""Sweet Pea"", a hit for Tommy Roe, and ""Along"
"follow-up, ""Fancy Nancy"", charted at No. 71. Their next release, a revival of Marvin And Johnny's R&B hit single, ""Cherry Pie"", also made No. 11 but proved to be the last chart entry they recorded together. Paxton went on to record for several labels using several names, including the Hollywood Argyles, with which he topped the charts in 1960 with the novelty song ""Alley-Oop"". He also had hits as a producer and label owner. One of his records was ""Monster Mash"", which was written by Bobby ""Boris"" Pickett. Paxton started the Bakersfield International label in the mid-1960s, attempting to cash"
"recordings by The Ronettes, including ""Be My Baby"", which also featured The Blossoms. Although The Blossoms were attempting to establish themselves as primary artists, they still contributed backing vocals behind many of the biggest hits of the 1960s including ""Monster Mash"" by Bobby ""Boris"" Pickett and Shelley Fabares' ""Johnny Angel"", and the Blossoms lead singer Darlene Love's solo efforts (which included ""He's Sure the Boy I Love"" although again Spector credited the song to the Crystals). Fabares stated in an interview quoted in ""The Billboard Book of #1 Hits"" that her strongest memory of that recording session was the ""beautiful"
"line-up consisted of Gwenno Saunders and her sister Ani. Their album ""Earth vs. The Pipettes"" was released on 6 October 2010 in the UK. The female members are backed by an all-male band, The Cassettes, which at present includes Monster Bobby; the Falcone brothers, Jon and Seb; and Alex White. The Pipettes were formed in mid-2003 by singer-songwriter and promoter Monster Bobby with the intention of reviving the Phil Spector pop sound and giving it a modern twist, after noticing the reaction girl group songs got during his DJ sets. In collaboration with singer, poet, and photographer Julia Clark-Lowes, who"
"Song)"" spoofing the movie by the same name that was released that year. In the early 1980s a musical ""sequel"" to the ""Monster Mash"" called ""The Monster Rap"" was released, which featured Pickett teaching the creature to speak through ""rapping"". Though not nearly as popular as the original ""Monster Mash"", it once again found a reasonable following with the Dr. Demento fanbase. In 1993, Pickett wrote and performed ""It's Alive"", another sequel of sorts to the original ""Mash"" song. It did not chart but was played occasionally on the Demento show. In October 2005, Pickett protested inaction on the United"
"Gary S. Paxton Gary Sanford Paxton (born Larry Wayne Stevens; May 18, 1939 – July 17, 2016) was an American record producer, recording artist, and Grammy and Dove Award winning songwriter. Paxton was a member of Skip & Flip and The Hollywood Argyles and was the producer of two number one ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles, ""Alley Oop"" for The Hollywood Argyles in 1960 and ""Monster Mash"" for Bobby ""Boris"" Pickett in 1962. Born in Coffeyville, Kansas, Paxton was adopted at age three and raised in rural poverty on a farm. He endured a troubled childhood, molested at age seven and"
"stop motion film ""Mad Monster Party?"". Their version was released as a single in 1999, and a new version was recorded for their 2003 album ""Project 1950"". The Misfits recorded their version of ""Monster Mash"" in 1997 in a recording studio in Newark, New Jersey. Bassist Jerry Only later stated that ""The 'Monster Mash' was a no-brainer for the Misfits to cover as a timeless Halloween release. The song was always a childhood favorite of mine."" The recording was the first time that Only had performed lead vocals for the band, while then-Misfits lead singer Michale Graves provided backing vocals."
"popular. This led Marshall to turn his attention to the burgeoning psychedelic movement. He recruited Charles Stepney, a vibraphonist and classically trained arranger and producer. Marshall then recruited members of a little-known white rock band, the Proper Strangers: Bobby Simms, Mitch Aliotta, and Ken Venegas. Sidney Barnes, a songwriter within the Chess organization, also joined, as did Judy Hauff and a Chess receptionist named Minnie Riperton, who would later be successful in her own solo career. Marshall also called up prominent session musicians associated with the Chess label, including guitarist Phil Upchurch and drummer Morris Jennings. Chess described the band's"
"prevented the All Stars from participating, another band named The Hippy Boys were recruited to do the subsequent tour in the UK. This line-up remained the studio band that is most associated with the name, going on to eventually form the nucleus of Bob Marley's backing band The Wailers. The band included guitarist Alva Lewis, organist Glen Adams and brothers Aston ""Family Man"" Barrett and Carlton Barrett, on bass guitar and drums respectively. By 1972 the Barrett brothers had joined The Wailers and Scratch brought in other musicians to replace them. The main Black Ark Upsetters became Boris Gardiner (bass),"
"members Gary Young and Wayne Burt; he produced the soundtrack which also featured the film's stars Joy Dunstan and Graham Matters singing a track each and two tracks by Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. Jo Jo Zep, containing Young and Burt, were also signed to Oz Records and released the single ""Beating Around the Bush"" from the soundtrack. To promote his single, Wilson formed Mondo Rock: Mondo Rock went through several incarnations but the best known line-up included bassist Paul Christie (ex-Kevin Borich Express, later in The Party Boys), guitarist and songwriter Eric McCusker, (ex-The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band),"
"selling one million copies. Following these two hits, Pickett returned to Muscle Shoals and the band featuring David Hood, Hawkins and Tippy Armstrong. This lineup recorded Pickett's fifth and last R&B #1 hit, ""Don't Knock My Love, Pt. 1"". It was another Pickett recording that rang up sales in excess of a million copies. Two further hits followed in 1971: ""Call My Name, I'll Be There"" (#10 R&B, #52 pop) and ""Fire and Water"" (#2 R&B, #24 pop), a cover of a song by the rock group Free. Pickett recorded several tracks in 1972 for a planned new album on"
"single's B-side, ""Monster Mash Party"".) The song was partially inspired by Paxton's earlier novelty hit ""Alley Oop"", as well as by the Mashed Potato dance craze of the era. A variation on the Mashed Potato was danced to ""Monster Mash"", in which the footwork was the same but Frankenstein-style monster gestures were made with the arms and hands. The producers made extensive use of foley art for the recording; the sound of a coffin opening was imitated by a rusty nail being pulled out of a board. The sound of a cauldron bubbling was actually water being bubbled through a"
"the song to thunderous applause to take an extended solo, before leading the group into a jam uncharacteristic of the cover act. He remained onstage for the rest of the groups segment, which included a tease ""Bungalow Bill"" and ""Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey."" The rest of the night focused on Phish, both before and after the four members of the group took the stage to accept their award. After the quartet slipped into the wings, Disco Biscuits bassist Marc Brownstein led Disco Biscuits guitarist Jon Gutwillig, String Cheese Incident keyboardist Kyle Hollingsworth, Umphreys McGee"
"Thelonious Monster Thelonious Monster is a punk rock band from Los Angeles, led by singer-songwriter Bob Forrest. Active from 1983 to 1994, and again since 2004, the band has released five original studio albums. Despite never achieving mainstream success, a number of popular acts cite them as influential. Members included Forrest on vocals; bass player Jon Huck, Rob Graves and Martyn LeNoble, guitarists Chris Handsome, Bill Stobaugh, Dix Denney, Zander Schloss, Mike Martt, Jon Sidel, and drummer Pete Weiss. They were a popular live attraction in the underground rock clubs of Hollywood in the 1980s and put out a series"
"""Little Orchestra"" to play original contemporary classical music and contemporary classics such as ""Terry Riley's"" ""In C"" New Year's Day (2000) Monster Bobby Monster Bobby (born Robert William Barry, 1981) is an English singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the creator of and guitarist for the indie pop girl group The Pipettes. In 2001, when Monster Bobby was just Bobby Barry, he starred in ""Weirdsister College"", the spin-off series of ""The Worst Witch"", in which he played the mysterious Nick Hobbes. Prior to that he featured in the film ""New Years Day"" as Stephen, directed by Suri Krushnamma and released"
"backed Buster Bloodvessel of Bad Manners on a California tour as Buster's All-Stars. The group's relationship with Boston-based Ska band Bim Skala Bim, along with Gerald Lokstadt of Spot Productions arranged for The Skatalites saxman, Jamaica's Chief musician Roland Alphonso to make his first solo trip to California in 1989 to record and perform with The Donkey Show. They played their last show at Berkeley International Ska Festival in 1990, in front of nearly 15,000 people in support of Dave Wakeling's group from Birmingham England, The English Beat.<br> Many former members of the band have gone on to play for"
"member of Detroit, MI power trio Vendetta, featuring guitarist/vocalist Nikki Buzz, whose Max Norman produced album was issued on Epic Records in 1982. Black, along with Peter Clemente, was part of the second incarnation of Secret Chiefs, a NY band put together by Hanoi Rocks frontman Michael Monroe. Black and Clemente both appear on Monroe's 1987 debut solo album, ""Nights Are So Long"". Black was a long-time member of the Grateful Dead cover band Zen Tricksters and can now be found in the bands Black & Sparrow, Jam Stampede and Rumor Has It. Michael and Steve Kehr were members of"
"a reunion concert followed by other series of sporadic tours in the 2000s. The band has acquired a cult following as a result of the newfound interest in ""Black Monk Time"", and appearances on several compilation albums, most notably the expanded version of """". Punk bands and acts of other genres from the 1980s and 1990s, such as the Dead Kennedys and the Beastie Boys, have credited the Monks as an influence on their own musical styles. The nucleus of the Monks formed in late 1963, when American G.I.s Gary Burger (lead guitar, lead vocalist), Larry Clark (keyboards), Eddie Shaw"
"The Lucky Strikes The Lucky Strikes is a contemporary swing band which achieved mainstream success during the swing revival of the late 1990s. The band was formed in 1989 by guitarist and vocalist Craig Marshall with Milan Moorman (trumpet), Brian Copeland (bassist), and Freddie Mendoza (trombone). Formed in 1993 in Austin, Texas, the group based its style on swing, jazz, and lounge music. Singer Craig Marshall was an avid fan of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin Nat King Cole and Harry Connick Jr. Mendoza, a native of San Antonio, Texas, had toured and performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, Clark Terry,"
"Chart. For the second time, the record sold over one million copies. The tune remains a Halloween perennial on radio and on iTunes. A Christmas-themed follow-up, ""Monster's Holiday"", (b/w ""Monster Motion"") was also released in 1962 and reached #30 in December that year. ""Blood Bank Blues"" (b/w ""Me and My Mummy"") did not chart. This was followed by further monster-themed recordings such as the album ""The Original Monster Mash"" and such singles as ""Werewolf Watusi"" and ""The Monster Swim"". In 1973, Pickett rerecorded ""Me and My Mummy"" for a Metromedia 45 (it did not chart). Another of Pickett's songs, ""Graduation"
"commissioned a new, more upbeat recording from Dee Dee Sharp. The song reached No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1962, as well as No. 2 on the pop chart. It was kept from the No. 1 spot by Soldier Boy by The Shirelles.""Billboard"" ranked it as the No. 3 song for 1962. It became a gold record. Bobby ""Boris"" Pickett's ""Monster Mash,"" released a few months after ""Mashed Potato Time"", was written in part as a parody of Dee Dee Sharp's record, even copying the ""whaa-oo"" backing vocal. Mashed Potato Time ""Mashed Potato Time"" is a single written"
"Martin, and Wood, Blues Traveler, Ween, Leftover Salmon, Jonathan Davis, Green Day, Superdrag, Guster, Jump Little Children, Gregg Allman and Friends, Ben Folds, Gov't Mule, Disco Biscuits, O.A.R., New Earth Mud, Hopesfall, GWAR, The Misfits, Insane Clown Posse, Young Buck, Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins, Minus the Bear, Cursive, Nickelback, Fugazi, Ministry, The English Beat, David Allan Coe, X, Cluch, Whitechapel, Fall Out Boy, New Found Glory, Megadeth, WASP, Skid Row, Elliot Smith, Nelly Furtado, Good Charlotte, Rancid, Agnostic Front, Hatebreed, Buju Banton, Beanie Man, Jerry Cantrell, Fugazi, Decendents, Less Than Jake, Madball, Insane Clown Posse, Reakwon, Ghostface Killa, Between the"
"Hollywood Monsters (band) Hollywood Monsters is an American hard rock supergroup formed in 2014. The band members are: Steph Honde (vocals, guitars), Don Airey (keyboards) (Deep Purple, previously played in Whitesnake, Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Michael Schenker Group Danko Jones (vocals), Ronnie Robson (bass) , Vinny Appice (drums) (previously played in DIO, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, Kill Devil Hill and others), Tim Bogert (bass) (previously played in Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, and Beck, Bogert & Appice). The band's music genre is commonly referred to as hard rock reminiscent of the 1970s, yet their sound was also influenced by progressive rock"